By Andrew Liszewski

After seeing the movie, I’m not really sure why anyone would want to even remember Spider-Man 3, let alone dress up as one of the characters. But if you’ve already settled with going out as the Green Goblin on the 31st (since the Sandman costume proved too messy) these pumpkin bomb replicas should finish your outfit off nicely.

While these particular pumpkin bombs do not explode, or fly, or have sawblades like the ones seen in the movie, they are the same size and scale as the film props (5 inches in diameter) and have the same light-up design.

Unfortunately you might want to put that Green Goblin costume in the closet until next year, since the pumpkin bomb replicas won’t be available until at least March 2008. And even then they’ll be limited to just 1,000 pieces and will set you back $124.99 each.

Different power converter are available to convert DC into AC current. This would help in preventing computer power supply from any sort of electric shock because of their auto shutdown feature. The printed circuit board gets power supply and transferred it to all other devices assembled on it.

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By Shane McGlaun

Sony announced a new internal Blu-ray burner using a SATA interface for computers that has twice the burn speed of previous generations. The new BWU-200S burner has a 4x write speed enabling a full 50GB BD-R to be burned in 45 minutes. The burner can also write to DVD and CD media as well.

Software is included with the drive to allow users to capture, author, edit and burn HD content captured in HDV 1080i format from an HDV camcorder. Writing to both BD-R and BR-RW is possible. The drive uses the standard internal 5.25-inch form factor; though optical drives still commonly use PATA rather than SATA for connecting to the computer. Compatibility is with Windows Vista and XP. The BWU-200S will be available next month from Sony Style for about $600.

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By Shane McGlaun

Here in Texas we are still seeing temperatures in the mid-80’s to the low 90’s routinely, but in other parts of the country it’s getting to the point where you need to start thinking about staying warm. Zippo has a product just for keeping your paws warm called the Zippo Hand Warmer. Notably, it warms your hands without using an open flame.

This gizmo claims to produce as much as 10 times the amount of heat as normal hand warmers are capable of. The hand warmer can produce heat for up to 24 hours on 0.4 ounce of lighter fluid. Zippo says the entire gizmo is environmentally friendly thanks to the only disposable portion being the burner. Hunters will like it because it produces low odor so the wild game won’t be scared off by the scent.

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By Andrew Liszewski

Did you know those same LED lights used in your flashlight can also be an effective beauty treatment? Me neither, but the Exidéal from Japan uses 280 of them that light up in ten different patterns and intensities to “permeate the vitamins and collagen in your skin and make you beautiful from the inside.” While it’s probably BS it’s kind of hard to disprove their claims when all the improvements apparently happen on the inside.

Using the Exidéal is as easy as sitting in front of it for extended periods but if you check out the video I’ve included after the jump, it’s probably not the best treatment for anyone who suffers from photosensitive epilepsy.

The $900 price tag is also a bit high for a device that has little to no scientific basis, so I suggest just using a ball of LED blinking Christmas lights instead. If it doesn’t work they can easily be re-purposed.

[ Exidéal LED Esthé ] VIA [ CScout Japan ]

Health, Unusual

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By Andrew Liszewski

If you hate swimming in hotel pools when they get too crowded I don’t think you’ll have much to worry about here. The outdoor pool at the San Alfonso Del Mar resort in Chile is 8 hectares in size, 1 km long and is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest in the world. It’s filled with about 250,000 cubic meters of salt water which, if you’re wondering, is roughly equivalent to about 6,000 standard backyard pools. It cost about $1.5 billion to build and maintenance alone is about $4 million a year.

Besides swimming (and lots of it) the pool also includes a temperature controlled indoor beach, sailing, kayaking, scuba diving and even a water shuttle service for quickly getting from one end of the resort to the other.

[ San Alfonso Del Mar ] VIA [ Spluch ]

Travel

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By Andrew Liszewski

Here’s one for the sci-fi and Kubrick fans out there. David Herbert is an artist who recreates iconic scenes and images from films, books, music, art and nature with ‘impoverished’ materials and a rough style of sculpting. But I have to admit his recreation of the monoliths from 2001 as a large, VHS copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey looks anything but impoverished.

And now that the monoliths have taught man how to use tools, I wonder if this version can teach man how to set the clocks on their VCRs.

[ David Herbert ] VIA [ GeekAlerts ]

Art, Design

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By Andrew Liszewski

Who would have thought the design of a water bottle could be drastically improved? Well if you’ve ever tried to fill one in a shallow sink or drinking fountain you’ll appreciate the clever design of the Binibottle. In addition to the twist cap on top, it also includes a sunken twist cap on the side allowing the bottle to be filled in a horizontal position. That means there’s no more trying to awkwardly angle the bottle to get it to fit under the faucet of a small sink.

And believe it or not this simple but extremely helpful innovation was created by 15 year old Anna Axelsson. She designed the bottle for the Finnupp inventor’s contest and ended up winning the gold medal. The bottle can apparently be found in Swedish sporting good stores for around $5 and it’s safe to assume Anna won’t have any trouble paying for college when the time comes.

[ Binibottle ] VIA [ Smart Stuff ]

Innovation

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By Andrew Liszewski

At one time working in a cubicle meant you weren’t exactly considered the most important employee in your office. But the Ahrend 750 series might make you feel a bit more appreciated since I don’t know too many executives who can adjust the height of their desks at the push of a button. (Unless that button is a hotline to their own private carpenter that is.)

Located in the corner of the 750 series desktops is a small panel with two buttons that can be used to automatically raise or lower the height of the desk. A simple LCD display also provides a numerical read out of the setting, so in the future it’s easy to reset the desk back to a height you prefer if someone else was using it. On top of it all the 750 series also has a pleasing, aesthetic design that just might make you glad you didn’t get that corner office.

[ Ahrend 750 Furniture ] VIA [ designboom ]

Ergonomic, Office

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By Evan Ackerman

Nope, this isn’t a super closeup of three LEDs. These are giant (approximately 20:1 scale) LED lamps, each containing 12 (normal sized) LEDs. The LEDs refract through the clear acrylic shell, creating nifty patterns on the wall, which you can see in the picture after the jump. The “LED of LED” lamps were designed by Kei Yamamoto, and were on display at the Gwangju Biennale Foundation’s Bright LED competition. My favorite design placed third; you can check out Rafael Morgan’s bizarre and amazing light drops here. One more picture of the giant LEDs after the jump.

[ Designboom ] VIA [ TechChee ]

LEDs, Lighting

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By Evan Ackerman

In September, I posted an article over at BotJunkie about a robot helicopter that reminded me a little bit of Airwolf. After that, I rented some Airwolf DVDs on Netflix, and now that I’m hooked on the show (okay, not really, I remembered it being way more awesome than it actually is), I just had to show you this working Airwolf helmet which is currently for sale on eBay. When I say “working,” it means that the helmet is a padded fiberglass custom motorcycle helmet that will, in fact, protect your head. It also features a speed visor, an LED targeting bar, and a specially designed battery pack. Whether the speed visor and LED targeting bar also work in some fashion is unspecified. The helmet itself is painted in the original Airwolf color, “Phantom Gray Effect.” Totally badass, and yours for the buy it now price of $900. A just because it’s Airwolf Airwolf video after the jump.

[ Airwolf Helmet on eBay ] VIA [ Uber-Review ]

Aviation, Nostalgia, TV, Wearable

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